Soldiers wait to take off for a training jump in Austin, Texas, Nov. 14, 2014. The battalion departed AustinÕs Bergstrom International Airport on two Altus Air Force Based C-17s, flew to Fort Hood, and then jumped into the Rapido Drop Zone wearing full combat gear. The soldiers are assigned to 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne).
U.S. Army National Guard photo by Maj. Randall Stillinger. Soldiers from 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, evacuate a simulated casualty during Decisive Action Rotation 15-02 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif., Nov. 6, 2014.
U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michelle U. Blesam Army Green Berets fire machine guns while participating in a night assault during the Southern Strike 15 exercise in Biloxi, Miss., Nov. 6, 2014.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Muncy Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group push a pallet of cargo from the hold of a C-130 aircraft at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 3, 2014. The Kentucky Airmen are operating an Aerial Port of Debarkation to funnel humanitarian aid to Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer)Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel observes simulated training for Operation United Assistance on Fort Campbell, Ky., Nov. 17, 2014. Hagel is visiting troops throughout the United States. DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean HurtPHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 12, 2014) The guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey (DDG 97), left, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force tank landing ship JDS Shimokita (LST 4002), the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter destroyer JDS Ise (DDH 182) participate in a photo exercise for Keen Sword. Exercise Keen Sword is a bilateral training exercise held biennially since 1986 to increase the interoperability of U.S. Forces and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Germantown is part of the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and is conducting joint forces exercises in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Patrick Dionne/Released) 141112-N-XM324-011
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Sgt. Jason Lee, left, and Chief Warrant Officer 3 Amy Ingli video chat with Lee's wife Ssg. Jasmine Lee, who is in Kuwait, before a news conference for Minnesota National Guard soldiers from the Rosemount-based 34th Red Bull Infantry Division who will be mobilized to support humanitarian relief in Liberia in Spring 2015 at Rosemount National Guard Armory on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/The Star Tribune, Leila Navidi)Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Carter Davonte holds his daughter for the first time in Norfolk, Va., Nov. 15, 2014. The child was born while Davonte was deployed aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun.
U.S. Navy photo by Ensign Jessica Kellogg U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, listens to a question from a service member during a town hall meeting in Baghdad, Nov. 15, 2014. Dempsey visited deployed U.S. service members, U.S. civilians and Iraqi leaders.
DoD photo by D. Myles Cullen Members of the U.S. Military get to wish Carolina Panthers' Thomas Davis (58) good luck after the coin toss against the Atlanta Falcons before an NFL football game in Charlotte, N.C., Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014. The Falcons won 19-17. (AP Photo/Bob Leverone)
